"Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, Histoire et description des - Lot 35

"Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, Histoire et description des mœurs et usages, du commerce et sciences, arts, literature and fine arts in Europe" by Paul Lacroix (Bibliophile Jacob) Lacroix (Bibliophile Jacob) (1806-1884) and F. Seré. Paris, 1848, 5 volumes, 23x28.5cm, bound in half red chagrin with corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt title and tomaisons, boards underlined by a double gilt fillet, chromolithograph frontispiece printed by Lemercier. Illustrations inspired by the major museums and libraries of Europe, with 200 miniature plates depicting over 1,000 objects 200 large woodcuts and 800 smaller engravings. Two bookplates on title page, including that of M. Van der Helle, of Lille, a late 19th-century bibliophile.